Chevron, Again
OK. Update #1 on all the projects that are overwhelming me at the moment.
On August 15, 2009, there will be a rally and protest at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, CA. You can find out all the details here. I will be participating and I hope you will, too.
This is not a new issue. I’ve written about it for the last several years (see June 08, May 08, March 08, and March 07)
Chevron is a huge corporation that needs to lead the way in building a sustainable energy future and be a good neighbor to the communities that surround its facilities here in Richmond and around the world. There is a broad coalition of community-based groups that are opposing the expansion/re-tooling of the Richmond refinery to refine heavier crude, and are being portrayed in the media as environtmentalists causing the community jobs. The groups need the help of the larger community to win this fight – for their future.
Three things we can do:
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OK, Apparently, I am too inept to imbed a video into this blog. But, here’s the link to the MSNBC story I want you to watch.
Yes, I know that Shane, Sarah, and Josh’s detention in Iran is really upsetting. I don’t really know them and don’t know what they were doing there, but my thoughts are with them and the people that care about them right now. You know, a very obvious comment on the problems with borders.
But what I really want to talk about right now is the news story I posted above from MSNBC. I’ve been going back and forth with a few friends about Facebook and whether it’s a good thing or not, why some people choose to use it and some people don’t, and all of the arguments center around whether it’s a good idea to have so much personal information out there where you can’t control it, or you have no idea who is seeing it.
In this story, the reporters show the Facebook page of one of the people, reading aloud their status updates. I think most people believe that only your “friends” (approved people) can see these status updates, but really, not, if they are being broadcast on national TV. How is this possible with Facebook’s privacy settings? Well, all it takes is one of your approved “friends” to show your page to the news. Or, who knows. Maybe Facebook isn’t all that private. Of course, the story also showed and read from the individuals’ personal and professional websites.
